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A grilled meat sandwich in flatbread with tomato, onion and parsley, served in its paper wrapper.

Cairo · Zamalek and Ard el-Golf

Abou Haidar

The liver-and-sausage sandwich eaten standing, at midnight.

Budget

A narrow shopfront, two scorching pans and a queue: Alexandrian-style liver, sausage, brain, served in baladi bread. Cairo street food in its most efficient form.

The extra bit

The mixed liver-and-sausage sandwich is the best value: ask for it spicy if you can take it.

Know before you go

Cash, no dining room: you eat standing on the pavement, like everyone else.

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Zamalek and Heliopolis, Cairo

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